The entire novel is already written. Please add it to your reading list, I'm really eager to start publishing this one.
Fostered-child romance | The pursuit after losing her | Powerful man bows his head | Rekindled love
Gentle, reserved sweetheart × refined scoundrel CEO
1.
The day Qiao Nian was sent to the Jiang family, she met the young master of the Jiang family.
Jiang Yun stood on the stairs, looking down at her with an indifferent expression.
It made her feel even more ill at ease.
He was just as the rumors described: strikingly handsome, with fine features and an exceptional bearing.
They said
Jiang Yun was courteous and refined, gentle as jade, and an outstanding student.
Countless girls liked him.
But he was always sick and in poor health.
2.
"Who told you that?"
Jiang Yun took off his gold-rimmed glasses and pinned Qiao Nian against the bathroom glass, his voice tinged with anger.
"What..."
A trembling final syllable was swallowed by the steam.
"That I'm in poor health."
Jiang Yun leaned closer.
The damp mist gathered around them, as if it were about to swallow their entwined silhouettes.
"Whether I'm well or not,"
Jiang Yun paused, then suddenly pinched her chin and forced her to look in the mirror.
"See for yourself."
3.
...She saw.
Qiao Nian's fingers trembled as she replied to the message.
Her phone screen was still lit, displaying a report that the Jiang family was about to form a marriage alliance with the Lu family.
A few minutes earlier, Qiao Nian had overheard Jiang Yun talking with a friend.
His friend had brought up the news, then asked, "Will you be upset when you break up with the girl your family took in?"
Jiang Yun lowered his eyes and leaned back in his chair, tapping his long fingers lightly on the armrest.
"I never had feelings for her. Why would I be upset?"
In the bitterly cold wind,
Qiao Nian threw away the roses she had meant to give Jiang Yun.
Then she turned and walked into the silent night.
4.
After returning from her studies abroad, Qiao Nian deliberately joined a company that competed with the Jiang Group.
Life was peaceful until one day, drunk, she met an incredibly handsome man and somehow spent a wild night with him.
The next morning, Qiao Nian woke beneath a gloomy gaze and nearly jumped out of her skin.
"Who did you buy this for?"
A finger pointed at the box of condoms by the bed, its knuckles white from gripping it too hard.
"W-what's wrong?"
"Too small..." He leaned in, fiercely licking and biting her neck. His voice was restrained, yet plaintive.
It sounded like an interrogation, and also like a response to what he had said a year ago.
"...I'm really upset."
[After a one-night stand with an incredibly handsome man, she discovers that he's not only her ex-boyfriend, but also her current direct supervisor.]
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1. Both leads have only ever been with each other, and they are chaste.
2. The female lead is a well-behaved girl, not someone who casually gets drunk and has a one-night stand.
3. The male lead will suffer.
Theme: Building a harmonious society together
